Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference
In January of this year WfWP and the World Youth Parliament on Water have co-organised the Civil Society component of the UN Water conference 2015 on Water and Sustainable Development, 15-17 January 2015 in Zaragoza.
Please see here the Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference “Means and Tools for Implementation and the roles of Different
Actors: Outcomes of the Zaragoza Conference Water and Sustainable Development 2015."
A few of the findings:
All the stakeholders have sound potential contributions to make for the advance of the implementation of the water
related SDGs in the different water themes.
Academia should stand as the knowledge pillar underpinning SDG implementation in all sectors, ensuring the diffusion
and transfer of knowledge, data and scientific advances and creating the required capacities by educating present and
future generations of skilled professionals. Scientific work on data collection and monitoring will be essential for all water
related aspects (WASH performance, water quality, risk prevention and management, accountability and allocation of
water resources) and an effort to build a communication bridge with other stakeholders will be needed.
Business should work as both the lever and engine of innovation and implementation by engaging in Corporate Water
Stewardship approaches and stakeholders dialogues, as a pioneer driver for global transparency, accountability and
cooperation. Private funds and R+D will need to support public initiatives to meet the financial, capacity building and
knowledge transfer gaps, particularly in the WASH and water quality sectors, while business continues to engage in
participative resource management.
Civil Societies will need to work in alliance in their mission to keep governments accountable, promote the inclusion of
women, youth and indigenous communities, and the participation of the communities in water resources governance.
Increasing internal unity, communication and cooperation can help find constructive solutions for their financial challenge
and catalyze a higher perception of the great array of opportunities that valuing and reinforcing the potential and capacities
of women, youth and indigenous communities can have to achieve sustainability.
Governments will need to build the facilitating arena for implementation by creating enabling regulatory frameworks and
financial instruments that catalyse technology adoption and knowledge transfer to face water challenges in all the areas.
It will be crucial for governments to adopt participatory approaches, building alliances and dialogues with all stakeholders,
facilitating their contribution to the decision making processes and remaining accountable, proactive and flexible.
Generating and growing awareness of these roles and taking them into action will allow stakeholders to join forces for
succeeding in the implementation of the Post 2015 SDGs Agenda, a process that will certainly lead to win-win results and
increased sustainability and integrity for both human and ecological systems.
In January of this year WfWP and the World Youth Parliament on Water have co-organised the Civil Society component of the UN Water conference 2015 on Water and Sustainable Development, 15-17 January 2015 in Zaragoza.
Please see here the Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference “Means and Tools for Implementation and the roles of Different
Actors: Outcomes of the Zaragoza Conference Water and Sustainable Development 2015."
A few of the findings:
All the stakeholders have sound potential contributions to make for the advance of the implementation of the water
related SDGs in the different water themes.
Academia should stand as the knowledge pillar underpinning SDG implementation in all sectors, ensuring the diffusion
and transfer of knowledge, data and scientific advances and creating the required capacities by educating present and
future generations of skilled professionals. Scientific work on data collection and monitoring will be essential for all water
related aspects (WASH performance, water quality, risk prevention and management, accountability and allocation of
water resources) and an effort to build a communication bridge with other stakeholders will be needed.
Business should work as both the lever and engine of innovation and implementation by engaging in Corporate Water
Stewardship approaches and stakeholders dialogues, as a pioneer driver for global transparency, accountability and
cooperation. Private funds and R+D will need to support public initiatives to meet the financial, capacity building and
knowledge transfer gaps, particularly in the WASH and water quality sectors, while business continues to engage in
participative resource management.
Civil Societies will need to work in alliance in their mission to keep governments accountable, promote the inclusion of
women, youth and indigenous communities, and the participation of the communities in water resources governance.
Increasing internal unity, communication and cooperation can help find constructive solutions for their financial challenge
and catalyze a higher perception of the great array of opportunities that valuing and reinforcing the potential and capacities
of women, youth and indigenous communities can have to achieve sustainability.
Governments will need to build the facilitating arena for implementation by creating enabling regulatory frameworks and
financial instruments that catalyse technology adoption and knowledge transfer to face water challenges in all the areas.
It will be crucial for governments to adopt participatory approaches, building alliances and dialogues with all stakeholders,
facilitating their contribution to the decision making processes and remaining accountable, proactive and flexible.
Generating and growing awareness of these roles and taking them into action will allow stakeholders to join forces for
succeeding in the implementation of the Post 2015 SDGs Agenda, a process that will certainly lead to win-win results and
increased sustainability and integrity for both human and ecological systems.
